What did I do wrong from the start before I had this week off. I made plans on what I will get done, ah well got some done at least. I wasted 3-4 days due to problems at home so i could of got a whole lot more done.
I was doing about four jobs at once while things set a sin filler, paint, adhesive etc etc.
To start I got on with the anchor locker it is near done, not quite happy with it.
As the egse slope down They needed to built up for the hinges to sit flat. A little GRP filler does the trick here.
Here are the outer hings risers, a good 10mm thick, I used Filler here which is a bit brittle for screwing into, although the screws go through to the 8mm GRP of the boat. Undecided but i may make a mould from these risers then lay up GRP in the moulds then use them for better grip for the screws and also no cracking.
Little more filling to be here but it has the level needed.
Getting there, as you can see there is a little to be sanded back to get the hatch to sit flush.
So while i was faffing on the boat the locket hatch latch arrived.
Easy job, just a matter of a cut out and bolt in place from underneath with the supplied bolt and clamp.
One of the jobs i was wanting to try out was the cold waters system. I got a leisure battery and a few more fitting but that is as far as I got, well but for the filler pipe.
Not easy but a bit of heat and a few clips to prevent it from kinking it all went fine.
I had to bend it around like this as the deck filler is ok where it is but to get it to the tank filler neck it had to clear the 50mm insulation but not to far as to protrude into the deck space which will be paneled over at some stage.
These cheap hole saws are great for the money even to cut a few 6mm GRP holes.
I cut two to make it easy to feed through and joined them.
Originally i wanted the batteries to be in the cabin under the step, as the water pump is now there there home will be under the rear deck tight to the bulkhead.
I have some 25x3 Ally angle left so made use of it to make a Battery rack for the two 110amp.
Just cut a few lengths and bolted them together in time for when it will be sealed and screwed down.
Still need to clean back and paint down here yet.
Just to the side is the water system drain/shower pump. The pipe will go under the batteries and T off to the shower and the system drain.
A few pics but I just need to fit three panels to finish the lining out. Takes a good while when the panels are curved and in a three dimensional way, they need to be left to set fully just in case they pull off a little.
Always looks worse at first to look good....so they say.
I did this in two section to make it easier to fit.
To get a close cut ( yes i cut a wee bit to much out on a few side but there will be trim once its all done ) cut out wider and wider bit by bit untill you can get a rule in to measure how far you need to go.
Transfer the measurement to the front in a few places and cut back, I used this tool.
In prep for the dread foam. I clogged up the foam gun so I had to resort to the one use cans as back up. Not to kean on these as they are harder to control the flow.
Here it is all screwed back with a little adhesive around the frames and he foam that has been already fitted.
Again holes were drilled to pump the foam into the uneven areas.
OOoooooo its great stuff aslong as you dont get giddy, this was after maybe 5 mins, wish i got a pic when it had finihsed expanding lol.
OMG i thought i lost all that when I pressed a wrong key.
Well that I think is about it I am afraid
Oh yes the rear deck is all primed with three coats of Jotun Vinyguard